Using the VCL-RTL Index

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Topics

• Using the VCL-RTL Overview
• Using Streams
  • Using Streams to Read or Write Data
  • Copying Data Between Streams
  • Specifying the Stream Position and Size
• Working with Files
  • Approaches to File I/O
  • Using File Streams
  • Manipulating Files
    • Deleting a File
    • Finding a File
    • Renaming a File
    • File Date-time Routines
    • Copying a File
  • Working with ini Files and the System Registry
    • Using TRegistry
    • Using TRegistryIniFile
    • Using TIniFile and TMemIniFile
• Working with Lists
  • Common List Operations
  • Persistent Lists
• Working with String Lists
  • Loading and Saving String Lists
  • Creating a New String List
  • Manipulating Strings in a List
    • Counting the Strings in a List
    • Accessing a Particular String
    • Locating Items in a String List
    • Adding a String to a List
    • Deleting a String from a List
    • Associating Objects with a String List
    • Copying a Complete String List
• Working with Strings
  • Wide Character Routines
  • Commonly Used Long String Routines
  • Commonly Used Routines for Null-terminated Strings
  • Declaring and Initializing Strings
  • Mixing and Converting String Types
  • String to PChar Conversions
    • String Dependencies
    • Returning a PChar Local Variable
    • Passing a Local Variable as a PChar
  • Compiler Directives for Strings
• Creating Drawing Spaces
• Colors in VCL
• Printing
• Converting Measurements
  • Performing Conversions
  • Adding New Measurement Types
  • Creating a Simple Conversion Family and Adding Units
  • Using a Conversion Function
  • Using a Class to Manage Conversions
• Defining Custom Variants
  • Defining Custom Variant Types
  • Storing a Custom Variant Type's Data
  • Creating a Class to Enable the Custom Variant Type
    • Enabling Casting
    • Implementing Binary Operations
    • Implementing Comparison Operations
    • Implementing Unary Operations
  • Copying and Clearing Custom Variants
    • Loading and Saving Custom Variant Values
    • Using the TCustomVariantType Descendant
  • Writing Utilities to Work with a Custom Variant Type
  • Supporting Properties and Methods in Custom Variants